Welcome Tony, from another SEQ beekeepers, I live in Brisbane but have my hives down the coast. Good luck, I think that beekeeping in SEQ is easier than most other places in the world from readin these forums. I went from one hive in july 2010 and am not at about 6 hives and have lost two swarms in that time. Just make sure you keep the beetle traps full and checked and you should do fine. Nick

Another Northern Brisbane beekeeper here.... actually only just down the road from you, at Narangba. SE QLD is a good spot for raising bees, but you do need to keep up with our SHB traps. The high humidity really lets them go crazy if they get a foothold in your hives. I lost one hive a month ago in only 8 days!

Enjoy the bees!

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Another Northern Brisbane beekeeper here.... actually only just down the road from you, at Narangba. SE QLD is a good spot for raising bees, but you do need to keep up with our SHB traps. The high humidity really lets them go crazy if they get a foothold in your hives. I lost one hive a month ago in only 8 days!

Enjoy the bees!

I'm just up the road from the both of you. Getting a small community going around these parts :-P

I'm just up the road from the both of you. Getting a small community going around these parts tongue

We should organise a meet-up for coffee at some time!

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I am a member there.... really nice club and great bunch of people. I work away a lot and therefore miss a lot of the meetings, but their open days etc are always good. Look forward to seeing you there!

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